Monthly marathon

01 November 1996 Comments Other The farther of the two birds in plate 144 was named as American Coot Fulica americana (80%), Red-knobbed (exCrested) Coot F. cristata (10%), Common Coot F. atra (7%) and Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (3%), and the nearer as Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisege...
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Recent reports

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment Great Snipe Gallinago media At least 11 up to 1st October, including three on Fair Isle (Shetland) on 20th September. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Dumbarton (Strathclyde), 22nd-30th September. Crested Lark Galerida cristata Landguard (Suffolk), 2nd a...
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News and comment

01 November 1996 Comments News and comment When the latest issue of your favourite magazine arrives through the letter box, do you open it and promptly shake it over the litter bin? All those inserts are presumably disposed of immediately in countless households, at least judging by the comment...
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Looking Back

01 November 1996 Comments Other One hundred years ago: 'Nansen's Discovery of the Breeding Habits of Ross's Gull. The "Daily Chronicle" during the past few days has given us the first connected narrative from the pen of the "Hero of the "White North". This account of the greatest adv...
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Request for information

01 June 1968 Comments Editorials Survey of Stonechats in Wales.--A survey of the breeding population of the Stonechat Saxicola torquata in Wales is being carried out during 1968. County recorders are acting as local organisers in most areas (see list in Brit. Birds, 61: 191) and observer...
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Recent reports

01 June 1968 Comments News and comment (These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records) This summary is mainly concerned with April 1968 and, unless otherwise stated, all dates refer to that month. A few May reports have been included where they seem particularly relevant to Ap...
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News and comments

01 June 1968 Comments News and comment Birds and aircraft.--The current issue of B.T.O. News contains a discussion by Dr. W. R. P. Bourne of the problem of collisions between birds and aircraft. This hazard is not new, but is becoming more serious as aircraft speeds increase and jet engines re...
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Letters

01 June 1968 Comments Letters The Bass Rock albatross Sirs,--Having worked upon four species of albatross for a number of years {Polar Record, 10: 145-146; 11: 282-283; I 2 : 601-602), I was interested to read George Waterston's account {Brit. Birds, 61: 22-27) of the Black-browed Alb...
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Review

01 June 1968 Comments Reviews Birdwatching: a Guide to European Birds. By Bertel B m u n . Illustrated by Philippe Degrave. Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. 160 pages with 350 illustrations in colour. 5s. The concept of this paperback is that of a handy comprehensive European bird-book at a...
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